What is BPESS?

Bromley Parent Engagement SEND Service (BPESS) is a new service (June 2020) commissioned by the London Borough of Bromley and NHS Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (SEL CCG Bromley). The service provides active involvement of parent/carers of children and young people who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), in the commissioning and provision of education and care services, in accordance with the Children and Families Act 2014.     

Services for children and young people who have SEND must be appropriate, acceptable, and accessible.  For this reason, families need to be involved in service improvement, planning and monitoring of these services.  Our service aims to ensure that there is input and broad representation from families across the borough, including those communities who are seldom heard and/or do not always access services they need. 

This service is underpinned by the Bromley engagement framework ‘Better Together’ which outlines the council’s commitment to engage with parent carers as set out in the Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Code of Practice 2015 and Bromley SEND Strategic Vision and Priorities 2019-22.

For more information on what BPESS will deliver, as well as our published reports, please visit the What we do sections of this website.